Re: A more accurate System.map, including modules

Andreas Kostyrka (andreas@ag.or.at)
Mon, 22 Sep 1997 15:56:52 +0000 (GMT)


On Mon, 22 Sep 1997, Keith Owens wrote:

> However all that is required to diagnose an oops after the machine has
> been rebooted is the data in /proc/ksyms at the time of the oops.
> Remember that make_System_map does not require the real /proc/ksyms, it
> can be a copy. ksyms is the only data that changes from run to run,
> System.map and modules are only changed by kernel recompiles. So what
> you really need is a way of capturing the current ksyms to a file when
> an oops occurs.
What about capturing /proc/ksyms after each insmod and syncing the copy?

Andreas